Land

Economics of salt-induced land degradation and restoration

A report from the UN and the CGIAR consortium reveals that land degradation due to salt build-up is causing damages in some 75 countries, estimated at more than US$27 billion per year.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
Manzoor Qadir, Emmanuelle Quillérou, Vinay Nangia, & et al
UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)
Tags:
Land Degradation, Salinity, Wastelands, India, Global, Aral Sea, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Indus, Irrigation